Today’s qualifying session at Valencia saw Casey Stoner take the final pole position of the 2010 season and his 21st with Ducati, in the last weekend with the Italian team, with a blazing 1′31″799 lap.

The Australian’s T4 was simply amazing, his pace at that one sector made the difference between the Ducatista and Jorge Lorenzo. The World Champion wearing his sparkly 12.000 euro bling helmet took the second spot on the grid and was a little more than three tenths off Stoner’s best lap.

Marco Simoncelli took third and his first row starting position for the first time in MotoGP for Gresini Honda and just 0.114s from Lorenzo, and beating both Honda factory riders Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso, who were 8th and 9th respectively.

Valentino Rossi struggled throughout the entire 45 minute qualifying session, but as usual, the Italian in a last lap lunge propelled himself to fourth, but his race pace is completely off, between 7 to 9 tenths slower than the front of the field.

Nicky Hayden was fifth and just 0.092 sec from his future team mate, leading ahead of Yamaha Tech3’s team Texas, with Ben Spies in front of Colin Edwards by a mere 0.013s. Hayden and Spies are equal on points in the fight for sixth in the final standings.

Marco Melandri in his last MotoGP qualifying session before heading to WSBK, closed out the top ten

MotoGP Valencia Qualifying Results:

01- Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – 1’31.799
02- Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.331
03- Marco Simoncelli – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 0.445
04- Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.531
05- Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 0.623
06- Ben Spies – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.767
07- Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.780
08- Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 0.804
09- Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC212V – + 1.087
10- Marco Melandri – San Carlo Honda Gresini – Honda RC212V – + 1.118
11- Randy De Puniet – LCR Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 1.126
12- Aleix Espargaro – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.286
13- Hector Barbera – Paginas Amarillas Aspar – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.371
14- Loris Capirossi – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.540
15- Hiroshi Aoyama – Interwetten Honda MotoGP – Honda RC212V – + 1.544
16- Carlos Checa – Pramac Racing Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP10 – + 1.700
17- Alvaro Bautista – Rizla Suzuki MotoGP – Suzuki GSV-R – + 1.716

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